All Building articles in 2003 issue 09
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FeaturesUnder the volcano
There are two kinds of city on the precarious slopes of the global construction economy – those making the uphill climb and the rest heading down with singed feet.
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Comment
On targets
The industry must talk with clients, and clients must insist on partnering if we are to really achieve the strategic forum's objectives
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Comment
What rewarding times they were
While I agree with some of the points made by Andy Link in his letter entitled "I know something you don't" (21 February, page 34), my experience of study at Nottingham Trent University appears to have been the complete opposite of his.
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FeaturesMan of manners
David Hardy is a community-spirited man – chair of his parish hall, school governor and a fan of village life. Now he's trying to introduce a bit more neighbourliness into construction. We meet the manager of the Considerate Constructors Scheme.
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NewsLibeskind: Still on for V&A
Daniel Libeskind promised to continue working on his £26m Spiral extension for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, despite winning the World Trade Centre competition.
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Features
Just the job
Turner & Townsend's rail director Martin Berry talks to us about the challenges he faces
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NewsUrban illusion
Priestman Architects has won planning permission for a glass apartment building on a corner site near Battersea Park, south London. The six-storey 1700 m2 building will be faced in an irregular combination of clear-glass and colour-coated panels giving a varying texture of reflections, lightness and solidity. Sapcote is the ...
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NewsListen to the housebuilders, Taywood tells Prescott
Government plan to build 200,000 homes will fail unless it listens to the industry, says housebuilding chief.
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NewsNow Libeskind tackles the hard part …
Architect says that getting World Trade Centre design built will involve compromises.
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Features
It shouldn't happen to a vet
The CIS tax scheme is having a welcome makeover – but it may mean contractors have to check the status of their subbies …
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NewsSea Eyre
Swansea's £30m National Waterfront Museum has started on site. The Wilkinson Eyre design will be the first free museum to be built from scratch. It is a pivotal element of the council's plans to regenerate Swansea's maritime quarter. The museum has secured £11m from the lottery fund – the largest ...
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Comment
The word is not enough
Oral variations to a contract are a fact of site life, but a recent decision seems to mean that if you have one, you can't take a dispute to adjudication
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NewsQuay elements
Cesar Pelli & Associates and Alsop Architects have won a competition to design the North Quay development for the Canary Wharf Group. The proposed scheme in London Docklands provides more than 220,000 m2 of office and retail space in two towers and one mid-rise central building. The towers at ...
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Comment
A word in your ear
The middle classes have been getting excited about site workers earning £55,000 – some have even talked about a career change. Truth is, they wouldn't survive the day …
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Comment
Don't waste your time
We read your latest article on Constructionline (21 February, page 12) and our heads sank a little lower into our shoulders – we have now registered with that "service" twice.
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Comment
Discipline and publish
Further to your article "Battle of Trafalgar" (21 February, page 22) I would like to emphasise an important aspect of the story that may have been overlooked.
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Comment
When mediation is deviation
Nick Henchie's recent article "Call their bluff" (21 February, page 58) brought into focus the commercial reality of being a defendant manoeuvred into following one of the Civil Procedure Rules protocols by a speculative and dilatory claimant.
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Features
Crystal island
Following the great tradition of creating glass structures for public events, the Austrian city of Graz is starting its year as European Capital of Culture with Vito Acconi's astonishing Mur Island